Starting October 11, the HTC Hero on Sprint will be available in all Best Buy stores for purchase. Normally, it sells for $179.99 plus a $100 rebate, however, Best Buy Mobile will be selling the phone for just $179.99 on a two year contract, taking care of the $100 rebate themselves. A nice thing about purchasing cell phones from Best Buy Mobile is the fact that they take care of the rebates for you. Companies probably make a decent amount of money from customers forgetting to take advantage of the offered rebates.
Also, it was just announced that Best Buy Mobile will be taking pre-orders starting on September 13 for a $50 down payment. Assuming the phone will be a hot seller, it may be wise to take down a pre-order as soon as Best Buy makes it available. In case you are not familiar with the HTC Hero, it features a 3.2-inch touch screen, runs on Google Android, sports Bluetooth connectivity, Wi-Fi, 5.0MP camera, and supports microSD memory expansion.
The HTC Hero looks to be a good Android phone on the Sprint network, so it will be interesting to see how well Best Buy Mobile does with sales, as they seem to be pushing HTC Hero promotions.
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Pre-orders started on September 4th!
I can't wait for this phone to launch.